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Results Of Preliminary Study On Sexual Offenders With Intellectual Disability

Our study "Sexual knowledge and attitudes of men with intellectual disability who sexually offend," published in Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability in June 2007 did not find that sex education made sexual offenders with an intellectual disability more dangerous.

Reduction Of Stress Hormone Results From Playing Video Game

A video game designed by McGill University researchers to help train people to change their perception of social threats and boost their self-confidence has now been shown to reduce the production of the stress-related hormone cortisol.

Study Of Emotional Well-Being And It's Influence On Cancer Survival

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that emotional well-being is not an independent factor affecting the prognosis of patients with head and neck cancers.

Confucius Says: Risky Business

Financial risk-taking is ingrained in Chinese culture.

The Young and Anxious

From Terror To Joy: Faced With Death, Our Minds Turn To Happier Thoughts

Philosophers and scientists have long been interested in how the mind processes the inevitability of death, both cognitively and emotionally.

Hypnosis For Smoking Cessation Sees Strong Results

Hospitalized patients who smoke may be more likely to quit smoking through the use of hypnotherapy than patients using other smoking cessation methods.

Emotional Wellbeing Has No Effect On Cancer Survival, New Study

A new US study suggests that emotional wellbeing has no effect on the chances of surviving head and neck cancer.

What Is Aesthetics?

Aesthetics is the process by means of which people judge about the beauty, shapes the culture within which people state themselves creatively.

We Have Two Heads And We Need To Be Smart In Both !

All of our thoughts are attached to emotions.